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Game of Thrones stars expose real-life friendship at Toronto Raptors game

Hodor and Bran are actual BFFs

Isaac Hempstead Wright (centre right) and Kristian Nairn (right) from the HBO television series Game of Thrones watch first half NBA basketball action between Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls in Toronto on Wednesday February 19, 2014. Photo: Reddit

The Toronto Raptors have a long history of being carried on the back of one man (stand up Vince Carter, Chris Bosh) so it makes sense that the actors who play Hodor and Bran on Game of Thrones chose a Raps game to take their real-life friendship public.

If you’ve gotten this far in reading, you almost certainly know what I’m talking about.

Just in case, here is a photo:

Actors Kristian Nairn and Isaac Hempstead-Wright — in Toronto to promote the Game of Thrones Season 3 DVD release — were courtside Wednesday to see the Toronto Raptors lose to the Chicago Bulls by the slightest of margins.

During a brief in-game interview, Nairn, who plays the monolinguistic Hodor on the series but is a nearly 7-foot-tall, rather verbose northern Irish DJin reality, admitted that it was the first basketball game he has ever attended.

Of course, the BFF sighting is actually the second Game of Thrones/Toronto sports team crossover since the series began. Last summer, while in town shooting the action flick Pompeii, Kit Harrington took in a Toronto Maple Leafs game.

Harrington, who plays fan favourite Jon Snow on the HBO series, even inspired a cute meme.